Biographical Notes 13 



Spring Olmsted family residing at Amos Street, Clifton, 

 near Vanderbilt's Landing, Staten Island, for Mr. 

 Olmsted 's convenience in ferrying across to 

 Brooklyn for the Park work. 



Mar. 31 Report on Public Pleasure Grounds for San Fran- 

 cisco submitted. (Afterwards printed.) 



May 29 Olmsted, Vaux & Co. reappointed Landscape 

 Architects to the Board of Commissioners of Pros- 

 pect Park, Brooklyn. Preliminary report of the 

 Landscape Architects was published 1866. 



1867: Park work for New Britain, Conn. 

 Honorary A.M. Amherst College. 



June Advice to Charles Eliot Norton on subdivision 

 into lots and street connections of property near 

 Harvard University. (Advice also in 1868 and 

 1869 and later). At this time a strong friendship 

 was formed between the Norton and Olmsted 

 families, and Mr. Olmsted's visits to the Nortons 

 were among the few personal visits he made. 



Oct. 4 Visit to Newark, N. J., to give advice on park, 

 followed by report. (Later printed.) 



1868 : Preliminary report upon the proposed suburban 

 village at Riverside near Chicago, Olmsted, Vaux & 

 Co., printed. 



Reports for Brooklyn Park Commission on Wash- 

 ington Park, Parade Grounds, and Street Plans, 

 printed. 



